Cricinfo International Scores

Nervous nineties is the period of batsman's innings when his or her score is between 90 and 99. During this phase many players bat extremely cautiously in order to avoid being out before they obtain a century.

Tuesday, December 8, 1998

Victoria v England XI at Melbourne, 5-8 December 1998

England in Australia, 1998-99
Victoria v England XI
Melbourne Cricket Ground
5,6,7,8 December 1998 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: GTD Morrow and TA Prue
TV Umpire: RL Parry
First-class Debuts: AS Gilbert (Victoria).

Close of play:

  • Day 1: England XI 308/5 (Ramprakash 61*, Hick 37*, 102 overs)
  • Day 2: England XI 373, Victoria 177/5 (Craig 39*, Roach 54*, 69 overs)
  • Day 3: Victoria 300, England XI 207/5 (Hick 15*, Hollioake 4*, 57 overs)
    England XI 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    MA Atherton c Craig b Inness 46 147 118 5 0
    JP Crawley c Roach b Williams 8 37 31 1 0
    N Hussain c Arnberger b Gilbert 5 27 23 0 0
    *+AJ Stewart run out 126 243 205 14 0
    GP Thorpe c Roach b Davison 19 44 32 2 0
    MR Ramprakash c Roach b Bakker 78 256 186 7 0
    GA Hick lbw b Gilbert 67 157 116 7 1
    BC Hollioake lbw b Bakker 5 12 11 0 0
    RDB Croft not out 0 33 16 0 0
    DW Headley c Williams b Bakker 3 19 17 0 0
    ARC Fraser c Williams b Davison 8 9 14 1 0
    Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 1) 8
    Total (all out, 128 overs, 497 mins) 373

    FoW: 1-25 (Crawley), 2-33 (Hussain), 3-95 (Atherton),
    4-135 (Thorpe), 5-247 (Stewart), 6-356 (Ramprakash),
    7-362 (Hick), 8-362 (Hollioake), 9-365 (Headley),
    10-373 (Fraser).

    Bowling O M R W
    Williams 27 7 84 1
    Gilbert 29 7 63 2
    Inness 31 10 95 1 (1nb)
    Bakker 20 6 45 3 (1w)
    Davison 19 3 77 2
    Craig 2 0 3 0

    Victoria 1st innings R M B 4 6
    JL Arnberger run out 19 72 50 0 0
    MP Mott c Stewart b Headley 0 11 5 0 0
    GR Vimpani c Thorpe b Headley 11 33 27 1 0
    *BJ Hodge lbw b Hollioake 4 28 18 0 0
    SAJ Craig not out 83 379 287 8 0
    JR Bakker c Headley b Croft 29 75 61 2 0
    +PJ Roach c Ramprakash b Headley 80 195 151 9 0
    JM Davison c Ramprakash b Croft 42 75 39 5 1
    BA Williams c Headley b Croft 1 9 9 0 0
    AS Gilbert lbw b Headley 1 3 2 0 0
    MWH Inness c Hick b Headley 3 15 19 0 0
    Extras (lb 6, nb 21) 27
    Total (all out, 106.2 overs, 452 mins) 300


    FoW: 1-4 (Mott), 2-24 (Vimpani), 3-43 (Arnberger), 4-43 (Hodge),
    5-87 (Bakker), 6-217 (Roach), 7-281 (Davison),
    8-283 (Williams), 9-294 (Gilbert), 10-300 (Inness).

    Bowling O M R W
    Headley 27.2 3 58 5 (9nb)
    Fraser 22 6 58 0 (2nb)
    Hollioake 19 1 72 1 (9nb)
    Croft 31 4 79 3 (1nb)
    Ramprakash 7 2 27 0

    England XI 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    JP Crawley b Craig 68 164 126 8 0
    MA Atherton c Inness b Williams 14 27 26 2 0
    N Hussain run out 28 80 61 2 1
    GP Thorpe retired hurt 1 40 29 0 0
    *+AJ Stewart b Gilbert 36 58 44 5 0
    MR Ramprakash c Arnberger b Gilbert 33 35 39 4 0
    GA Hick not out 15 20 10 3 0
    BC Hollioake not out 4 12 7 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 1) 8
    Total (5 wickets decl, 57 overs, 221 mins) 207

    DNB: RDB Croft, DW Headley, ARC Fraser.

    FoW: 1-25 (Atherton), 2-82 (Hussain), 3-128 (Crawley),
    4-179 (Stewart), 5-188 (Ramprakash).

    Bowling O M R W
    Williams 10 5 14 1
    Gilbert 13 5 44 2
    Inness 8 2 22 0
    Mott 1 0 9 0
    Davison 19 3 79 0 (1w)
    Craig 6 0 32 1

    Victoria 2nd innings (target: 281 runs) R M B 4 6
    MP Mott c Hick b Hollioake 9 69 49 0 0
    JL Arnberger c sub (+WK Hegg) b Headley 1 11 7 0 0
    GR Vimpani lbw b Fraser 72 136 97 9 0
    *BJ Hodge c sub (+WK Hegg) b Croft 50 126 89 5 0
    SAJ Craig c Hick b Headley 45 97 73 5 0
    JM Davison c Hick b Croft 0 2 3 0 0
    JR Bakker st sub (+WK Hegg) b Ramprakash 33 53 40 3 0
    +PJ Roach not out 24 38 27 2 0
    BA Williams c Fraser b Croft 4 11 4 0 0
    AS Gilbert not out 3 18 14 0 0
    Extras (lb 2, nb 2) 4
    Total (8 wickets, 66.5 overs, 284 mins) 245

    DNB: MWH Inness.

    FoW: 1-3 (Arnberger), 2-33 (Mott), 3-111 (Vimpani),
    4-156 (Hodge), 5-156 (Davison), 6-211 (Bakker),
    7-216 (Craig), 8-232 (Williams).

    Bowling O M R W
    Headley 17.5 6 54 2 (1nb)
    Fraser 12 2 33 1
    Hollioake 10 1 40 1 (1nb)
    Croft 20 3 85 3
    Ramprakash 7 0 31 1

    • Scorers: KV O'Neill (Victoria) and MN Ashton (England XI)
    • 12th Men: SL Flegler (Victoria) and WK Hegg (England XI)

      Day 1

    • Lunch: England XI 79/2 (Atherton 41*, Stewart 24*, 32 overs)
    • Tea: England XI 162/4 (Stewart 72*, Ramprakash 10*, 64 overs)
    • Attendance: 2,487

      Day 2

    • Lunch: Victoria 2/0 (Arnberger 1*, Mott 0*, 1 over)
    • Tea: Victoria 67/4 (Craig 3*, Bakker 19*, 27 overs)
    • Attendance: 3,212

      Day 3

    • Lunch: Victoria 276/6 (Craig 69*, Davison 38*, 97 overs)
    • Tea: England 53/1 (Crawley 25*, Hussain 10*)
    • GP Thorpe retired hurt at 106/2 (back pain)
    • Attendance: 2,110

      Day 4

    • WK Hegg kept wicket for the entire Victorian second innings
    • Lunch: Victoria 40/2 (Vimpani 29*, Hodge 0*)
    • Tea: Victoria 143/3 (Hodge 47*, Craig 11*)
    • Match drawn at 4.15pm to allow the England team to fly to Adelaide.
    • Attendance: 1,210 (Total: 9,019)
  • No comments:

    Blog Archive